Despite having not “played” since October 5th due to last week’s cancelled game versus Lenox, the Melcher-Dallas Saints showed no rust whatsoever in an 80 – 6 shellacking of Meskwaki Settlement yesterday evening.

Due to the inclement weather, Melcher-Dallas’ game vs. Lenox was cancelled, and there is no make-up date scheduled. Twin Cedars only played two quarters of their game before it got called because of the rain, but Twin Cedars at least gets credit for a win, with a 35 – 0 shutout of Moravia. Melcher-Dallas is sitting at 6 – 1 on the year, while Twin Cedars improves to 4 – 4. Everything comes down to next week for Twin Cedars, as they host Tri-County in an “elimination game” of sorts, while Melcher-Dallas is at Meskwaki to wrap their season up.

With the postseason drawing near, two of our area eight-man teams are looking to take another step towards accomplishing their goals of either finishing in the top four of district five or winning the district title.

Melcher-Dallas head coach, Ryan Conrad, expects a physical contest against co-Eight-Man District 5 leader H-L-V on Friday, but he doesn’t expect his team to lose the focus and intensity it has shown to this point in the season.

Millions of people take part in fantasy football leagues, trying to compile the right collection of NFL talent to score fantasy points for their “team” and help them beat other “teams” in their league. But what would it be like if a fantasy football league were made from local high school athletes?

Due to coverage of Central College football, the Marion County Midday Magazine has shortened this week’s Hy-Vee Radio Coaches’ Corner program by one hour. Below are each of the interviews, in their entirety.